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The annual “Turkey Day” game in Dallas is coming up, and the Redskins need a victory so that they don’t fall further down the playoff ladder. On paper though, it seems like “America’s Team” has the advantage.

The Eagles franchise is suffering to deal with the notion that this season’s Super Bowl aspirations are probably just aspirations. If the Washington Redskins want any shot at turning this into a miracle season, they must find a way to bring Philadelphia even more misery and take this win from the Eagles.

Some say that there’s no such thing as bulletin board material; that if an NFL player needs to be inspired by words to perform at his best, then his best isn’t good enough to begin with. This rhetoric sounds ok, but logically it is flawed.

Momentum is the great equalizer in football, as it often allows underdog teams to ride its wave to victory. There is no statistic for momentum, no way to truly judge its effects, but football minds understand momentum and do their best to seize it.

When coach Shanahan retired from football in 2009, he spent many hours at the University of Florida picking the brain of head coach Urban Meyer. Can you guess the name of the starting quarterback who Mike Shanahan studied while at Florida? Tim Tebow.